英语四级阅读理解精炼第045篇,练习关于服装也数码 的阅读理解,含有四级阅读练习题,参考译文,答案等内容。
45. Clothes Going Digital
Here is Northeast, winter means coats and sweaters. And that means plenty of pockets for our growing stock of digital gadgets1 . Summer, by contrast, is virtually a pock-free zone. No pockets in T-shirts. No pockets in gym shorts. Those few pockets that are available quickly become crammed2 with gadgets. Mobile phone, pagers, personal digital assistant, MP3 player or CD player, digital camera: It s enough to rip3 your pants as you walk down the hallway or through the parking lot. Attempts have been made to help redistribute this load, but with meager4 success.
One approach involves clipping the devices to a belt. Cell phones and pagers often go this way. A belt offers handy access when the phone rings or the pager goes off. But gadgets gathered to belt can become uncomfortable when you sit. A variation on the beltcarrier approach is the fanny pack . This often involves zippers or clasps that can make it difficult to reach for a ringing telephone . An even bulkier option is the common backpack. Vulnerable5 to theft, it s able to hold quite a pile of electronic gear. Fashion alert: Backpack users look like they re still in college.
Designers have been puzzling over this problem for a while and at last one company has come up with a possible solution. Called the Scott eVest , it s a lightweight vest with more than a dozen pockets. Wearers have plenty of room for mobile phones, PDAs, CD players and much more. Better yet, a build-in wiring system called a PAN, for personal area network allows wearers to use their gadgets in addition to carrying them about.
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